Stingy Peeps
6
Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
7
They are always thinking about how much it costs.[a]
“Eat and drink,” they say, but they don’t mean it.
8 You will throw up what little you’ve eaten,
and your compliments will be wasted.
9
Don’t waste your breath on fools,
for they will despise the wisest advice.
Verses 6-8
Some people pretend to be our friends. But they do not care about us. They might say the right words. They might invite us to their homes. But they do not want to share their possessions with us. Instead, they want to keep their things for themselves. This is not a good attitude. We should not copy it.
The first Christians were very generous. They shared their possessions (Acts 4:32-37). They did this because they loved each other. We might not copy their actions today. But we should still be generous. We should still invite people to our homes. And we should be glad to share our food with our guests (Hebrews 13:2).
Verse 9
Solomon uses the word ‘fool’ to describe an evil person. This person hates God. So this person hates wisdom. This person does not want wise advice, because that advice would tell him to stop his evil behavior. He will not obey your wise words. See Matthew 7:6.
Think about this: You can share advice from Scripture, but you can’t force anyone to accept the wisdom in it. Don’t stress about it. I heard this once, “Where most of us are, there’s no real knowing, but the hell-bent get where they are going.” In other words, some people are determined to follow their own path, no matter what advice they’re given.
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